Rumor Mill: Michael Reghi fired

[Jimmy]

I doubt highly this has anything to do with the degree of homer Reghi was.

His team his choice.

maybe, but without us, the fans, there is no team in cleveland.

i know changing announcers wont impact that much, but if he takes this attitude, then he will find he will lose more than he gains.

 

[MarkPrice25]

I liked Reghi for the most part, but life goes on. The game is played on the court....having the "best" announcer accounted for exactly 0 wins the past decade.

 

[blackmagicGTI]

I liked Reghi for the most part, but life goes on. The game is played on the court....having the "best" announcer accounted for exactly 0 wins the past decade.

Maybe but I still want to enjoy the games on TV. I HATED watching nationally televised games because of the stupid announcers, especially Bill Walton and the whole stupid ass ESPN crew. Honestly, I just watched some of those games on mute. I shouldn't be forced to do that when we had a broadcaster who was well liked and respected.

 

[NarlCavs]

I have to think that myself like many other fans will go "in a different direction" next season too just like Gilbert. That is muting the tv broadcast and listening to Joe Tait on the radio.

I can't think advertisers on both FSN Ohio and WUAB will be too happy that viewers aren't watching or listening to the ads that they purchased. Hopefully they get well informed about it too.

Blackmagic brings up a good point. It's not that Reghi's firing effects the Cavs performance on the floor or is the end of the world, it's that it continues to take away from making watching the Cavs as enjoyable as it should be for many fans. Even with the success last year I would get pissed at being forced to listen to the immature screaming of Ronnie Duncan and others and the circus like atmosphere that appeared to be more important than the actual game on the floor.

Maybe that type of shit is liked in Detroit but it's unprofessional and I don't believe is favored by most long time Cavs fans.

 

[cav jvl]

My initial reaction was disapointment. I like M. Reighi. But Gilbert wants someone else, maybe owes a favor. It is his team , life goes on. M.R. will be fine. It's not like the new guy is his unemployed brother in law. Seems to be very qualified. I am open to change. Just win games and keep LBJ here!

 

[Syx Slim]

I cant stand Reghi, never could. He is horrible. Unless you like the brain dead announcing style.

Dont specifically remember the new guy but he has to be better.

Reghi is good buddies with Art Model another good reason for Cleveland to not have ties to Reghi.

Once people have a good announcer they will see how bad Reghi is.:thumbdown

man its going 2 b so hard 2 replace Reghi bcuz he was a Cavs fan but, he still announced the games with an unibased style!! unlike the guy from Boston!! man this guy made me wnat 2 watch Cavs games and he was very intelligent he sometimes said things that i had 2 really think about.. u must b crazy if u think this new guy who can probably care less about the cavs is going 2 b better!!

This forum is not about text messaging posts. Lift the standard please.

 

[Taiter]

I have to think that myself like many other fans will go "in a different direction" next season too just like Gilbert. That is muting the tv broadcast and listening to Joe Tait on the radio.

I would've done that years ago if the feeds were synched up...

 

[bail]

I really love Reighi I love the way he sounds and delivers the game. I really like the part whenever Lebron is about to dunk." Lebrooon Jaaames!"

 

[PIP]

Detroit's loss sure to be Cleveland's gain in NBA

Published Sunday, August 6, 2006 6:17:39 PM Central Time

By JASON JUNO

Globe Staff Writer

Everybody knows legends Ernie Harwell and Bob Uecker.

They both have been referred to has the voices of their respected teams, doing a wonderful job of relaying a baseball game over the radio to an entire state.

People grow up listening to such voices next to their radio, hoping for their team to win.

I listened to Ernie and Bob some, but one of my favorites was Fred McLeod, the Detroit Pistons television announcer for over two decades. He was the Pistons cable voice, reaching all of Michigan.

He called the game with such passion. He screamed when the Pistons hit the last second shot to win. He showed his disgust when he felt the Pistons were wronged.

If you were half the fan he was, you couldn't help but do the same.

And now he's leaving, departing to be the play-by-play announcer for Cleveland.

McLeod is not the icon Ernie or Bob are. Perhaps he never will be. But he was the voice of the Pistons. George Blaha is the name most people think of; he certainly calls a great game, also.

Watching the games McLeod announced was like watching them with another fan. If he didn't have to wear a suit, he probably would have had a Pistons shirt on.

Nearly all the Pistons games I have watched, McLeod has been there. Greg Kelser, the analyst who worked with McLeod, will be back next season, but it will not be the same.

McLeod bridged the gaps between Detroit's Bad Boys era, through the losing seasons and into the 2004 title team. He was an eternal optimist, always sure they could get the win.

Come-from-behind victories where McLeod was as nervous as you. When the game winning shot fell for Detroit, he screamed with you. When that "bad" call cost the Pistons the game, he showed his disgust.

My best memories are of close games. His fourth quarter calls of a key block or a huge dunk, by the Pistons of course, were usually screams in jubilation. He had great one-liners, perhaps absurd, but I always laughed and related them to other people.

While national announcers are supposedly impartial, local guys don't have to be. The Pistons will have a new voice. But a piece of their soul is gone.

How one can leave a team like that, after all those years, is tough to comprehend. But Cleveland's a lucky place. Hopefully, they know that.

His voice has filled our house as long as I can remember. The silence is already deafening.

http://www.ironwooddailyglobe.com/0805juno.htm

Sounds great, except the fact that he is Detroit, and will always be Detroit... Sure, he has a job to do, but deep down inside when the Cavs play the Pistons, a little or major part of him will want the Pistons to win...He'll most likely follow the Piston games when we're not playing them. He's a Piston fan working for the Cavs..

It's just business..

 

[Mac]

Homer, hate that.

 

[The Oi]

The thing I cant over is that...

he's a goddamn Pistons fan. Why the hell would he want to announce for the Cavs?

 

[Maximus]

The thing I cant over is that...

he's a goddamn Pistons fan. Why the hell would he want to announce for the Cavs?

Reghi was a Piston's fan for 3 decades before announcing for us. McLeod was a Cavs fan before going to work for the Pistons. That's the incredible irony of the situation.

 

[BJANEV]

What difference does it make who the announcer of a game likes?

 

[kevolution]

It seems like Jason Juno feels the same way about McLeod as we do about Reghi.

At the end of the day it's a business just like if one of our boy's were traded or signed with another team.

 

[PIP]

What difference does it make who the announcer of a game likes?

When Tayshaun Prince posts up LBJ again, and throws it down on his face, and Mr. Mcleod screams in joy over it, Cavs fans are going to go: Eh :uhh: